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  1. Snyder budget: More for education, public safety, cities

    Gov. Rick Snyder and his team have unveiled their budget proposal for Michigan’s 2013 fiscal year — a $48.2 billion spending plan designed to continue the fiscal overhaul the state began in his first 12 months in office. “Michigan is on a positive path to success,” he told a joint budget session in Lansing this morning. “It’s a very exciting time.”

  2. Wayne Co. faces Medicaid fraud probe

    Bill Schuette is investigating the county for Medicaid fraud, including whether money intended to help those with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses was spent on spokespeople for Executive Robert Ficano.

  3. Bashara denies murder motive, says he had ‘good, open relationship’ with wife

    In a national interview aired this morning, Robert Bashara said he had no motive to kill Jane Bashara, his wife of 26 years.

  4. Kuzak was force behind Ford product revival

    The time is right. That’s what Ford’s vice president and head of global product development told me after his retirement was announced.

  5. GOP Senate hopeful’s first TV spot blasts Hoekstra ad

    Clark Durant launched his first statewide television ad today and used the 30-second spot to criticize the controversial ad of his chief GOP rival Pete Hoekstra as “demeaning” and “hypocrisy.”

  6. NHL, Wings unveil plans for Hockeytown Winter Festival, Winter Classic

    Corresponding with that sure-to-be record-breaking event at Michigan Stadium, Comerica Park will be home to the Winter Festival. The main attraction will be an ice rink built on the Comerica Park field, with the Wings playing the Maple Leafs in an alumni game.

  7. Michigan the leader in pursuit of star Ohio tight end/defensive end

    For 2013, Michigan strengthened its efforts in Ohio by putting five coaches on the ground and are again focused on plucking some of its best recruits. Among those already identified as high on their priority list is Pickerington North's Jake Butt, who has accumulated offers from 18 schools.

  8. Moroun spared further jail time after judge updated on Gateway plans

    The threat of jail for Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun and one of his top executives was erased this morning.

  9. Comerica Park, Michigan Stadium team up for hockey spectacle

    The Wings-Maple Leafs Winter Classic game will be Jan. 1. A source told The Detroit News that the Comerica Park schedule would include an AHL game on Dec. 27, the GLI on Dec. 28-29, an OHL game on Dec. 30 and a Wings-Maple Leafs alumni game on Dec. 31.

  10. Woman, 58, dies in Springfield Twp. school bus crash

    One person is dead following a crash between a school bus and a minivan, Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies report.

    • Feb. 9, 2012
    • AUTOS
    • AUTOS INSIDER

    Mulally shakes up Ford exec ranks, has ‘no plans’ to retire

    Two Ford Motor Co. executives considered instrumental in the automaker’s turnaround will step down effective in April, president and CEO Alan Mulally announced this morning.

  11. Oakland County Executive Patterson touts budget surplus, jobs in speech

    Pontiac — Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson touted economic development efforts, a budget surplus and technology initiatives in his 18th annual State of the County address Wednesday evening.

  12. Jobs fruit ripens without subsidies

    Things must be moving in the right direction if Michigan business is trolling for high-tech workers among Cape Canaveral’s laid-off space shuttle employees.

  13. Train blocks traffic for hours on Detroit’s east side

    A freight train blocked Van Dyke between Grinnell Avenue and Lynch Road for roughly six hours before it was moved, according to WWJ radio.

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